nidlí

Alternative forms

Etymology

ni- (terminative) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -dló (imperfective stem of root -DLÍ, “to freeze”).

Verb

nidlí

  1. to be hurt/killed by frost, be frostbitten
  2. to freeze to death (of plants)

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 628.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 156
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